Gershwin & All That Jazz: 8 p.m., $25-$185. Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Dr., Costa Mesa, 714.556.2787. All ages.
Gershwin’s Piano Concerto: 3 p.m., $25-$91. Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Dr., Costa Mesa, 714.556.2787. All ages.
New Found Glory, Saves the Day and Hellogoodbye: 8 p.m., $22.50-$25. House of Blues, 1530 S. Disneyland Dr., Anaheim, 714.778.2583. All ages.
Spazmatics: 8 p.m. Shore Ultra Lounge, 6200 E. 2nd St, Long Beach, 562.252.8434. 21+.
Lidell and the Wyldcatz: 7:30 p.m., $5-$7. OC Tavern, 2369 S. El Camino Real, San Clemente, 949.542.8877. 21+.
Pop songstress Stacy Clark has signed to Vanguard Records, as reported by the OC Weekly. Clark, who is based in Costa Mesa, joins labelmates the Watson Twins, Levon Helm and the Indigo Girls.
The remaining members of the Long Beach-based Sublime have finally settled legal issues with the estate of Bradley Nowell, the former, deceased lead singer of Sublime. The band, now known as Sublime With Rome, will be embarking on a spring tour this April with new 21-year-old frontman, Rome Ramirez. Visit sublimewithrome.com for more info.
Bamboozle, which is set to hit the Angel Stadium on March 27 and 28, has added some kiddie favorites like Never Shout Never, Piebald (remember them?), Anarbor and Hey Monday to the lineup. For more info, visit thebamboozle.com.
Costa Mesa’s Billy Kernkamp won for the Best Live Acoustic category at the OC Music Awards Showcase Finals at the Yost Theater in Santa Ana. The Anaheim-based Dusty Rhodes and the River Band won Best Live Band at the finals at Samueli Theater.
Annual music festival and conference South by Southwest (SXSW) welcomes several Orange County and Long Beach area bands this year, including Local Natives, the Colourist, Avi Buffalo, Crystal Antlers, Delta Spirit and the Growlers. Visit sxsw.com for further info and scheduling.
Bad Religion is celebrating 30 years of Bad Religion with five nights this month at the House of Blues Anaheim and a career-spanning setlist—and you’re invited.
Though the band formed in Woodland Hills, Bad Religion helped define Orange County’s punk scene along with other groups like TSOL, Social Distortion and the Vandals. With a current line-up of Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz (owner of Epitaph Records who later went on to sign the Offspring), Jay Bentley, Greg Hetson (Redd Kross, Circle Jerks), Brian Banker (a founding member of Minor Threat) and Brooks Wackerman, Bad Religion was many people’s “gateway” punk band in the ‘80s. Bad Religion introduced many to punk music, got them addicted to punk music and kept us there. It was the beginnings of melodic pop punk—that soon-to-be Southern Californian signature sound—but with a hardcore edge.
Suffer, released in 1988, is one of Bad Religion’s most critically acclaimed works, and while the band has some 14 albums to their chronology, it’s been three years since Bad Religion’s last, New Maps of Hell, which reached #35 on the U.S. charts. But rest assured: They may have 30 years under the belt, but there’s plenty more—Bad Religion is currently working on the 15th studio album to be released some time in 2010.
Bad Religion: Wed.-Thurs., 8 p.m., $25-$27.50. House of Blues, 1530 S. Disneyland Dr., Anaheim, 714.778.2583. All ages.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club might sound like they’re from Manchester, but they’re actually just going to be visiting the House of Blues Anaheim on Tuesday from ... Los Angeles. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, or BRMC, is actually originally from San Francisco, and their Americana folk revival-influenced sound meets T. Rex, Sonic Youth and the Jesus and Mary Chain. The band definitely straddles the lines here: Psychedelia, distorted Shoegaze, some Dark Wave.
We first heard from BRMC in 2001 with full-length B.R.M.C.: It was gritty… loud. There were near indistinguishable vocals, raw guitar riffs—yet it still had the Brit pop catchiness of Oasis. This is really one of the best shows to come to the House of Blues in some time: Get ready for noise.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Tues., 8 p.m., $17.50-$20. House of Blues, 1530 S. Disneyland Dr., Anaheim, 714.778.2583. All ages.
Sugar Ray is the recipient of the Orange County Impact Award for the 2010 OC Music Awards.
Bad Religion, who helped define Orange County punk, headlines two nights at the House of Blues Wednesday and Thursday.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club performs at the House of Blues Anaheim on Tuesday.
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